Name |
Bryce Russell |
Other-Begin |
20 May 1760 |
Augusta Co, Virginia |
- May 20, 1760..."Hugh Thompson has lost his reason, and Bryce Russell and Andrew Leeper are appointed to take care of his estate."
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Other-Begin |
15 Nov 1762 |
Augusta Co, Virginia |
appraised father-in-law estate |
Other-Begin |
2 Jul 1774 |
Tennessee |
letter to Col William Preston |
- Copy of Bryce Russell Letter
Bryce Russell
July 2d 1774
On Holston River
near Long Island
Strength of Capt.
Loony's Company
ill
Alludes to the
rumor in March
Sr July 2th 1774 Holston River
We are oblidg to you for your advice to Stand our ground and to buld forts for our defene but our Scattered Sittuation makes it very deficualt as we are but 85 in number in Captain Lury's company of which 30 have listed Volunteers we ly open to the enimy about 12 = miles on one Sid 14 on the other and 8 on another we are all very willing to Stand our ground but if we get not a Suply of men and amunition on I think it will be impossible for us to Stand it if our enimies Should atacth us as I make no doubt they will a timely Suply I think would be very necessary A disorder prevented is worth two Cures. I ame the Corner house next to the island and I ame very un willing to give any ground to the enimy if I posably can help it Some of the people was for moving in March on account of the rumor that was then but I encouraged them to Stay as the Governor had promised asistanc to the frontiers no more at present but remains your friend and humble Servant
Bryce Russell
To Coln Preston
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Other-Begin |
22 Oct 1779 |
Tennessee |
letter |
- Part of a letter from Col. William Christian, Mahanaim, to Col. William Preston, October 22, 1779.
Indn Logan
doing mischief
near Eaton's Station
Dear Sir
. . .
Jamey Thompson, tells me that Logan and another Indian were lately at Bryce Russell's, near Amos Eatons, and took off two of his Daughters, and a Negro Wench. The Indian talked good English and answered to the Description given of Logan. He talked to the Old Woman, knocked her down, and left her, so that she can tell of him. Six Persons were also killed on Clinch. Captain Thompson who says that the commissioners when they stopped in Carter's Valley, they found, that they had then encroached 2 1/2 miles upon Carolina, but affirmed they had been right at Jamey Young's Place; which mav be about ten miles from Wolf hill, towards the South. He was saying also that a Number of Cherokees left the Commissioners in Disgust for their Treatment particularly in refusing them some small Quantity of Powder. Captain Martin, I hear, is afraid since that happened. Adieu good Sir
Wm Christian
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Death |
Aft 1790 |
Tennessee |
Birth |
Abt 1824 |
Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland or Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Burial |
Ebenezer (now Knoxville), Tennessee |
Notes |
- Immigrated to Virginia from either Scotland or County Antrim, Ireland. Moved to the Watauga Valley about the beginning of the Revolution.
A North Carolina land grant of 150 acres in Tennessee was awarded (Warrant 1521, 1790) to Brice Russell. The land was in Sullivan County on the north side of the Holston.
Tennessee Cousins, p. 23, mentions a petition by inhabitants of Franklin County to the State of North Carolina about 1790. Among the signers were Bryce Russell, Sr., Bryce Russell, Jr., and William Craige (sic).
The account by Mrs. Robert E. Russell, Cedar Bluff, Alabama, in Cherokee County Heritage, vol. IV, no. 2 (April 1975) states that Brice Russell was born in Scotland. Much of the account, though, seems anecdotal and hearsay.
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Person ID |
I52934 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
31 Mar 2013 |